Insecurities

Friendly Plans

"How can we not find him?!" Tai-Lung exclaimed, gnashing his teeth together in a furious growl.

"I'm sure Po is fine," Viper said soothingly. She was trying to stop Tigress from pacing a trench into the floor. They searched everywhere to find Po, but they couldn't find him.

"I've flown everywhere and couldn't find him," Crane sadly sighed.

"Maybe if I do one more round I'll-"

"Tigress," Monkey said, quickly moving in front of the tiger and stopping her in her tracks. "He'll be fine." Just then, there was a knock at the door. They opened it to see Po with a small fox lady next to him.

"PO!" They all exclaimed.

"Hey guys," Po nervously smiled, rubbing his left arm. They all hugged Po tightly. Yun stood in quiet surprise. "Guys! I'm fine. I'm fine!"

"Where have you been?! We've been worried sick about you! Where were you?" They all asked at once. Po twiddled his fingers a bit before Yun cleared his throat.

"Your servant Po has been training with Zheng-Hau. Zheng thought it was best to show you first-hand how an ordinary person could become a great help to people with the ability to protect themselves. Zheng-Hau figured that if he trained Po that you all would see how extremely needed it is to protect themselves."

"And I'm guessing that this was a decision made today?" Tai-Lung asked as Yun nodded her head. "And Zheng-Hau is willing to train our... servant?" Po quietly stared at Tai said that. The panda looked away, glaring at the wall instead.

"Yes," Yun answered. "Well, I'll leave you to your rest. See you tomorrow, Po."

"Goodnight, Yun!" Po waved the fox a friendly goodbye. As the fox left, Tigress quickly shut the door behind her.

"What... happened?" Tigress asked sternly. Po rolled his eyes.

"I was at the blacksmithing shop when I ran into Lin, a friend of Zheng-Hau. She took me to Yun, Zheng-Hau's strategist. Then I met Zheng-Hau. We talked... actually Lin talked," Po muttered, "And we decided it would be okay for me to be trained by him."

"In what?" Tai-Lung asked.

"In weapons. Zheng-Hau was able to hold you guys off. I need to learn how those weapons work," Po explained. The rest of them looked at each other doubtfully. "Plus, I would be able to spy on him. You know, the old-fashion snoopy-snoop?!" Po said with a childish mischievous smirk. Tai-Lung facepalmed himself.

"While Po does have a point," He muttered, "What should we do if Zheng-Hau gets suspicious?"

"It doesn't matter. I would be able to knock some sense into him. Besides, I think I can help him."

"How?" Tigress asked the panda.

"I'll explain later," Po said. He crossed his arms and looked at everyone with an upset face. "By the way, why did you guys go along with the whole servant thing?" The others looked at each other ashamedly.

"It was for the best, Po," Tigress explained calmly. "If Zheng-Hau knew that you were the Dragon Warrior, you wouldn't have this opportunity."

"But that wasn't the first plan, was it?" Po argued back. "The first plan was to 'distance' yourselves from me so you can get on with the mission. That's why you left me at the shop. You didn't trust me on this particular mission." The silence in the room was immediately felt. Po's glaring jade eyes shifted from person to person.

"We trust you, Po," Tai-Lung audibly said, "but this mission requires the utmost care. This isn't just something we can go in fists ablaze. We're not fighting a person, but an idea. It's something we just... didn't think you knew how to deal with. And let's be honest you're are more... reckless than us." Po simply gazed at Tai-Lung for a while before shaking his head.